mauri
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmaʉriː/
Noun
editmauri (uncountable)
- (New Zealand) Life force, according to Maori beliefs.
- 2021 January 1, “Local hapū to watch over dangerous Omanawa Falls near Tauranga”, in Stuff NZ[1]:
- We're just cuzzies from down at the marae down the road that are trying to be proactive and look after our whenua, look after our stories, and look after the mauri of our awa, our river.
Anagrams
edit'Are'are
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-qudip, from *qudip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip.
Verb
editmauri
References
edit- ^ Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Catalan
editVerb
editmauri
- inflection of maurar:
Estonian
editNoun
editmauri
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmauri
- (historical) Moor (member of a North African ethnic group)
Declension
editInflection of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mauri | maurit | |
genitive | maurin | maurien | |
partitive | mauria | maureja | |
illative | mauriin | maureihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mauri | maurit | |
accusative | nom. | mauri | maurit |
gen. | maurin | ||
genitive | maurin | maurien | |
partitive | mauria | maureja | |
inessive | maurissa | maureissa | |
elative | maurista | maureista | |
illative | mauriin | maureihin | |
adessive | maurilla | maureilla | |
ablative | maurilta | maureilta | |
allative | maurille | maureille | |
essive | maurina | maureina | |
translative | mauriksi | maureiksi | |
abessive | mauritta | maureitta | |
instructive | — | maurein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “mauri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editGilbertese
editInterjection
editmauri
Latin
editAdjective
editmaurī
References
edit- mauri in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “mauri”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mauri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Latvian
editNoun
editmauri m
Maori
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *maquri, from Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from *qurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip (“life, alive”).
Noun
editmauri
- life principle; metaphorical soul; source of life
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
- In 1979 a gathering of elder at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- → English: mauri
References
editUneapa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *mauʀi, variant of *mawiʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)wiʀi, from *wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *wiʀi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmauri
Further reading
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from Maori
- English terms derived from Maori
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English terms with quotations
- 'Are'are terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- 'Are'are terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- 'Are'are terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- 'Are'are terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- 'Are'are terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- 'Are'are terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- 'Are'are terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- 'Are'are terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- 'Are'are lemmas
- 'Are'are verbs
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish terms borrowed from German
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuri
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuri/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with historical senses
- Finnish risti-type nominals
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- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
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- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Maori lemmas
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- Uneapa terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
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- Uneapa terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Uneapa terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Uneapa terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Uneapa terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Uneapa terms with IPA pronunciation
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